about his businesses, about whether his business gets its way, whether his company doesn t get its way in a particular matter. for the first time in our country s history because of the way the trump presidency is going to unfold state officials and federal officials will have to make decisions that directly affect the president s profits, the president s bottom line and that has happened with a state government for the first time. mere s the story. a few years ago donald trump bailed out a failing bankrupt business venture in south carolina. he took over the company s derelict factory site in that state. the place is a mess, rotting chemical drums everywhere. the president s company wants to clean up and redevelop this property it now owns. south carolina has a sound rule about this. if you redevelop a property, you re not responsible for pollution left behind by the previous owners but you also can t pull off a scam to get out of cleaning it up if it s your mess. you can t, you know,
whether his business gets its way, whether his company doesn t get its way in a particular matter. for the first time in our country s history because of the way the trump presidency is going to unfold state officials and federal officials will have to make decisions that directly affect the president s profits, the president s bottom line and that has happened with a state government for the first time. mere s the story. a few years ago donald trump bailed out a failing bankrupt business venture in south carolina. he took over the company s derelict factory site in that state. the place is a mess, rotting chemical drums everywhere. the president s company wants to clean up and redevelop this property it now owns. south carolina has a sound rule about this. if you redevelop a property, you re not responsible for pollution left behind by the previous owners but you also can t pull off a scam to get out of cleaning it up if it s your mess. you can t, you know, pollute the place and then
this derelict factory site in south carolina, no connection whatsoever. but the previous company that occupied that site was his son. it was a company run by donald trump jr. when donald trump the president went in to bail out that failing company he did so because it was his son who was failing, now the state of south carolina has to decide if they believe what the president s company is saying if they believe president donald trump has no connection whatsoever to donald trump jr. who he bailed out when he bought this possibly polluted seven-acre falling down factory. so if the south carolina government decided to buy that argument that there s no connection whatsoever between donald trump and donald trump jr. they don t even know each other, just a coincidence then the taxpayers of that state would be on the hook for an environmental mess at that site. on the other hand, if the south carolina government decided they were not going to buy that argument then they have to say
nothing to do with it because i have no connection with the previous owners. so at this site in south carolina that the president s company owns the president s company filed an application with the state of south carolina saying just that. saying actually it s the taxpayers who should clean up any pollution here on this side, i m not responsible for pollution cleanup on this site because i, donald trump, have no connection to the previous owners of this site. signed donald trump s company. that s where things get tricky for south carolina because the president is claiming he has no connection whatsoever to the previous company that occupied this derelict factory site in south carolina, no connection whatsoever. but the previous company that occupied that site was his son. it was a company run by donald trump jr. when donald trump the president went in to bail out that failing
of your company and just pretend you had nothing to do with that terrible old company that left such a terrible expensive mess. you can t scam your way out of it. so companies who want to b relie d of the responsibility of cleaning up a polluted site have to si a document that says hey, if there s pollution here i had nothing to do with it because i have no connection with the previous owners. so at this site in south carolina that the president s company owns the president s company filed an application with the state of south carolina saying just that. saying actually it s the taxpayers who should clean up any pollution here on this side, i m not responsible for pollution cleanup on this site because i, donald trump, have no connection to the previous owners of this site. signed donald trump s company. that s where things get tricky for south carolina because the president is claiming he has no connection whatsoever to the previous company that occupied this derelict factory site in